50S Style Song Listing Household Chores

[architectboy]

Does anyone know what this is? It's a very well-known tune, upbeat in a 50's jazzy style, and I see it sung by an efficient housewife. It comprises an upbeat list of chores - "sweep the floors and wash the pots and walk the dog and feed the kids and.." before swooping up into the orchestral melody.
I've not got those lyrics right as Google comes up with nothing, but they're the gist of it. Gold star to the person who gets it!

[factor-fiction]

My first thought was Alyesha Dixon's The Boy Does Nothing

[TheWinner]

[factor-fiction]

Does he wash up?
He never wash up
Does he clean up?
No, he never cleans up
Does he brush up?
He never brushed up
He does nothing
The boy does nothing

The lyrics don't really match though

[architectboy]

Hi no, I get where you're coming from but this is an old tune, perhaps actually from the 50s. Thank you anyway though!

[iminoz]

Just A Housewife?

http://www.metrolyrics.com/just-a-housewife-lyrics-a.html

[architectboy]

No, I don't think the word housewife is mentioned in the lyrics. Thank you anyway though!

[Prudie]

Peggy Lee - I'm a woman??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh8ZpZkUr2Y

[factor-fiction]

the laundry, wash the dishes
Take the dog out, clean the house
Shop for groceries, look for specials
God it sounds so, Mickey Mouse
Drop the kids off, pick the shirts up
Try to lose weight, try again
Keep the troops fed, pick their things up
Lose your patience, count to ten

Lyrics seem close to yours.

It's from a musical. It's not 50s/jazzy though

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVi-etRApc0

[sandyRoe]

It's the lyrics to the tune introduced Housewives Choice

[architectboy]

No, afraid not. Although I haven't got the exact lyrics, they are definitely a list of chores.. "la la-la and la la-la and la la-la and la la-la and la la-la and la la-la" (insert 'wash the floors' etc for la la-la!)

[architectboy]

SandyRoe has got it!! Now to find it with words...

[sandyRoe]

This is it, I think

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN6CNqfL0Rg

[architectboy]

It's this, with lyrics sung by a very efficient housewife!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqsp413SXuQ

[murraymints]

[architectboy]

SandyRoe, you get a great big gold star!

Thank you very much, it's been driving us barmy.

[Fowtlad]

Perhaps the Answer song to 'King of the Road - 'Queen of the House' by Jody Miller although that was 1965

[sandyRoe]

You're welcome. It's funny the things that get lodged in the back of the mind.

[architectboy]

Recently revived in instrumental form here..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU4Rs67NsI0

[factor-fiction]

Housewives' Choice was a great tune- I'd never heard aversion with lyrics.

I know it's not Alesha Dixon but the video is good to watch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pUcPDiBSZY